Telltale-bottle.



A. MIDBO & G. GULBRANDSON.

TELLTALE BOTTLE. APPLIGATION FILED 1 113.17, 1909.

Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

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ALBERT MIDBO AND GUSTAV GULBRANDSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TELLTALE-BOTTLE.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT M1930 and GUS"AY Gorsnanosox, both subjectsof the King of Norway, and residents of the city of New York, borou h ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Telltale- Bottle, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to telltale bottles, which are adapted toindicate if the original contents have been removed and the object ofthe invention is to produce a closure for a bottle or jar, which cannotbe placed in its former condition after the bottle or jar has beenopened. By this means we prevent the re-selling of the bottle filledwith a spurious substance.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts tobe more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the upper portion of a bottle orjar provided with our closure; Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly brokenaway, showing the mouth of the bottle or with the stopper removed, aportion of this view being broken away so as to show details of theconstruction; Fig. 8 is a cross section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; andFig. 4 is a bottom plan of the stopper.

Referring more particularly to the parts, 1 represents a bottle or jarwhich is formed at its top into a. neck 2, presenting a rounded lip orseat 3 for a stopper 1. Just below this lip or seat 3, an annular groove5 is formed which passes continuously around the neck. Preferably atoppositely disposed points the lip or seat 3 is provided with grooves ornotches 6 formed in a vertical plane, as indicated.

In forming the bottle or jar 1, filaments or wires 7 are provided, thelower extremities of which are bent so as to form anchors 8, and theseanchors are molded or embedded in the wall of the receptacle at theneck. These filaments emerge from the neck at the grooves 5 and aredisposed in alinement with the notches 6, as indicated. The lowerportion of the stopper 4 is formed into a plug 9 which is received inthe mouth Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 17, 1909.

Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

Serial No. 478,367.

| of the receptacle, as indicated in Fig. 1.

The upper portion of the stopper is formed into an enlarged cap or head10 of approximately hemispherical form, and this cap has a projectingflange 11 which comes down upon the seat or lip 3, as shown. Between theplug 9 and the flange 11, an annular shoulder 12 is formed which seatsupon the upper edge of the lip. The stopper is adapted to be formed ofporcelain or similar material, and the plug 9 is surrounded with agasket or shrive 13 of cork or similar material. At opposite points theshoulder 12 is provided with branch openings or conduits 14 which extendupwardly and unite on the central axis of the cap in the upper portionthereof so as to form a main opening or recess 15 in the upper face ofthe cap.

In closing the receptacle, the filaments 7 are arranged so that theyproject upwardly, as indicated in Fig. 2. The upper ends of thefilaments are introduced respectively in the branch openings or conduits14, and the stopper is forced down until the upper ends of the filamentsproject above the cap through the opening or pocket 15. The stopper isthen forced down into position so that it seats on the lip 3. By meansof a pair of pliers, or similar device, the ends of the filaments aretwisted together, and as this operation takes place, the wires formthemselves into a twist 16 within the pocket 15, as indicated in Fig. 1.After the filaments have been tightly twisted as suggested, theprojecting part of the twist above the pocket or opening 15 is cut offflush with the upper face of the stopper. After the twist has been cutoff in this manner it becomes impossible to untwist the filaments orwires without breaking the material of the stop- 1 per near the twist,as the twist substantially fills the pocket 15 and leaves no space forin troducing a tool in such an operation. The filaments 7 lie in thenotches 6 so that they do not interfere with the seating of the flange11. hen the receptacle is to be opened the filaments are cut at theirelbows 17 where they cross the groove 5. After the filaments are cut inthis manner the stopper may evidently be withdrawn by a vertical pull.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent,

1. A. receptacle having a mouth, a stopper closing said mouth, having apocket opening out upon the face thereof and having branches leadingdownwardly from said pocket, and filaments secured in the wall of saidreceptacle and extending upwardly in said branches, said filaments beingunited by a twist formed in said pocket and sub stantially filling thesame, said twist being disposed below the face of said stopper at saidpocket.

2. A receptacle having a mouth with a depression formed at the sidethereof, a stopper closing said mouth, having a pocket opening out uponthe face thereof, said pocket having branches extending downwardlywithin said stopper, and filaments embedded in the wall of saidreceptacle, eX posed at said depression and passing upwardly in saidbranches, said filaments being interlocked in said pocket.

3. A receptacle having a mouth and an annular groove thereabout, astopper forming a closure for said mouth, having branches extendingupwardly within the same and uniting to form a pocket opening out on theface of said stopper, and filaments embedded in said receptacle,disposed across said a11- nular groove and passing upwardly in saidbranches, said filaments forming a twist disposed within said pocketsubstantially filling said pocket.

4. A receptacle having a mouth, a stopper closing said mouth, having apocket opening out upon the face thereof and having branches leadingdownwardly from said pocket, and filaments embedded in the wall of saidreceptacle, passing upwardly in said branches, said filaments having anexposed portion between said stopper and said receptacle adapted to beout before removing the stopper, said filaments being united by a twistformed in said pocket and substantially filling the same, said twistbeing disposed below the face of said stopper at said pocket.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT MIDBO. GUSTAV GULBRANDSON.

lVitnesses F. D. AMMEN, JOHN P. DAVIS.

